HC Deb 04 March 1994 vol 238 cc70-1W
Mr. Malcolm Bruce

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many men have been killed while serving in the Merchant Navy in each year since 1964.

Mr. Norris

I have been asked to reply.

The number of Merchant Navy personnel reported as having been killed in, or who died as a result of an accident involving a United Kingdom registered merchant vessel of 100 gross tons and over since 1964 is:—

Year Number of deaths
1965 66
1966 122
1967 78
1968 41
1969 50
1970 77
1971 29
1972 95
1973 49
1974 47
1975 71
1976 46
1977 40
1978 71
1979 47
1980 67
1981 38
1982 44
1983 15
1984 14
1985 7
1986 13
1987 44
1988 13
1989 7
1990 5
1991 8
1992 3
1993 4